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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1916
Page
6
The United States reported total foreign trade of 5.245 billion dollars for the fiscal year ending last month, with exports at 4.345 billion and imports at 900 million. War munitions and iron and steel shipments drove the surge, while raw cotton and other staples showed varied changes from the prior year.
Storms recede across the South as flooding from the Gulf hurricane wanes. Deaths and missing total around seventy eight, with 2,000 families homeless in Cahaba and Alabama river valleys. Rivers and creeks flood six states, rail traffic crippled, damage estimated up to ten million dollars.
London reports that women war widows in Britain outnumber men by 1 28 million and in some empire dominions men outnumber women. The Salvation Army proposes sending widows and their children to dominions to remarry and aims to raise 1 million dollars to cover emigration and relocation costs.
An accounting publicized in New Bedford shows the Sylvan Howland estate valued at 1,635,557 dollars. It will be divided among 1700 lineal descendants of Gideon Howland, per the testa tor's directive allowing Mrs. Green life income. Colonel E F H Green notes the 1700 heirs.
A Kansas W C T U committee has started an effort to raise funds for a memorial to temperance writer and lecturer Carrie A Nation. The campaign is described as extending across the country.
Corpus Christi taxpayers vote 755 to 312 approving a 150000 bond issue to fund public improvements with principal repayment.
General Smuts commanding British forces in German East Africa reports the occupation of Tonga after only light German resistance, confirmed by a war office statement released Tuesday.
The Elephant Butte dam in the Rio Grande project spanning New Mexico and Texas is described as the world’s greatest storage dam. It will hold 856 billion gallons, enough to cover Delaware five feet deep, and cost about 5 million dollars. The text notes irrigation to 189,000 acres and praises its peacemaker role in resolving cross border water disputes.
The United States government plans to relocate natives from the Panama Canal Zone to sites outside the strip. Authorities pay villagers for holdings and move families by barge to new towns eight miles away. Temporary homes are provided while permanent dwellings are built, and the old village is razed after clearance.
The 1915 cotton crop, totaling 11,191,820 bales of 500 pounds, was about 5 million bales smaller than 1914 and 380 percent lower. Texas led with 8,227,480 bales, while Oklahoma nearly halved from 1914. Other sizable outputs came from South Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, North Carolina, and Oklahoma.
A Marine unit led by Corp John Alexander and 14 privates traveled from San Francisco to Peking in 34 days, shaving 83 hours from the previous transpacific record. The group began in San Francisco, transshipped at Guam to the U S S Brooklyn, then went by rail from Shanghai to Peking as part of the American legation guard.
Arkansas supplied over 90 percent of US mined bauxite in 1915 with Georgia Alabama and Tennessee the remainder. Production reached 297,041 long tons worth 1,514,834 dollars, up 35 percent in quantity and 41 percent in value from 1914, amid rising aluminum demand for war and industry.
Instructions describe freezing desserts using ice and salt in a wooden tub. Steps include crushing ice, packing, and turning a crank to expose the mixture to cold brine, with careful ratios and gradual progression from mush to firm frozen dessert. The method covers handling small quantities and troubleshooting removal from the can.
A housewife learns to soak wicks in vinegar before use and dry well to prevent smoking. Keep lamp oil bowl full and turn wick down when idle. Use quality burners, keep flues clean, fit tightly, and refill in daylight with a new wick for best light and odor control.
Four hard boiled eggs with a cheese creamy sauce served over toast. Mix flour with milk to a smooth paste then whisk in remaining milk salt pepper and cayenne. Cook until slightly thickened then add egg whites and cheese until melted. Pour over toast and top with sieved yolks.
Cream butter and sugar then add eggs milk and rhubarb. Stir in flour and baking powder to make a thick batter. Half fill buttered cups and steam for 30 minutes. From Mother's Magazine.
A cook’s tip for using tough steak ends: chop coarse, sauté in butter, dredge with flour, season, add cream, and serve hot with baked potatoes.
A recipe notes to put the roast in a very hot oven and allow it to gradually reduce to a moderate heat. Baste with a tablespoon of vinegar mixed in the water for moisture and flavor until the meat is juicy and tender.
When eggs sit in hot water a few minutes before breaking the whites separate from the yolks easily. They must be cooled before whipping the whites.
An advertisement promotes Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe, vegetable remedy for bilious symptoms and constipation. It claims calomel is dangerous, promises fast relief, and guarantees money back if not effective. The pitch urges purchasing a 60 cent bottle at drug stores and even giving it to children.
A humorous scene shows a doctor urging a complete change of scenes for a patient, with the punchline revealing the patient as a scene shifter from the New York Globe. An old advertisement touts Femenina for female troubles priced at 60 cents and one dollar. Senator Sorgum jokes about river improvement and pork around the Rio Grande project.
A Massachusetts woman bursts into a town station begging the officer to dredge a nearby river. She says her husband has threatened suicide and has been missing three days. When asked for identifying details she reveals he is deaf.
Advertises a washable stick that claims to cut washing time by more than half without rubbing or muscle effort. It suits white colored or woolen fabrics and contains no acids or dangerous ingredients. 15 washings cost 25 cents, sold by druggists and grocers nationwide. Send 2 cents to A B Richards Co Sherman Texas for order.
She notes the raise of sixty a month allows a more expensive flat. He suggests asking the landlord to raise their rent, but they confess they are comfortable where they are.
An advertising note urges keeping a bottle of Mississippi Diarrhoea Cordial in the medicine chest for fifty years of use with prices 25c and 50c. A snappy quip follows about a man not complaining of poor eyesight due to blind spots and about marriage changing self possession.
A Providence benevolent society received a morning mail letter claiming an impoverished young man, sole son of a widowed mother, supported his father and two sisters. The secretary noted on the margin that the case appeared exaggerated, suggesting doubts about the appeal.
The advertisement promotes Renovine heart and nerve tonic to cure feeble, fainting, and hysteric conditions. It lists a price of 50 cand or $1 and instructs buyers to obtain the tonic for relief. The offer emphasizes a simple remedy for multiple heart related ailments.
A humorous exchange shows an oculist insisting on reading test letters while a patient admits illiteracy. A line on painless dentistry suggests drowsing it mild as a humorous aside.
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